ZIP 49442 recorded 517 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,899 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Muskegon County, MI.
2,899 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 576 | |
| 2022 | 484 | |
| 2023 | 695 | |
| 2024 | 627 | |
| 2025 | 517 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 49442 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 963 | 33.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 349 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 317 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 154 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 118 | 4.1% |
For the 62 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 49442 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 71 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 47 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 36 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 32 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 31 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 18 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 165 | 37.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 191 | 42.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 43 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 37 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 79 | 17.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 49442 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 257% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $145,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $122,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $104,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 49442.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muskegon | 1,910 | |
| 2 | Muskegon Heights | 10 | |
| 3 | Norton Shores | 7 | |
| 4 | Hillsdale | 1 | |
| 5 | North Muskegon | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 2,899 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.